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Board and Senior Staff Compensation

In keeping with IRWD's transparency pledge, we offer the following information on salary & benefits for IRWD Board of Directors and Senior Staff. In order to maintain consistency of reporting, the chart was compiled from calendar year 2024 information submitted to the California State Controller's office* as required by law.  Also available is the 2023/24 Compensation chart that includes all IRWD employees as well as the Board of Directors.

 IRWD Board of Directors and Senior Staff Salaries & Benefits for Calendar Year 2024*

Job Title

2024 W-2 Wages Subject to Medicare
Box 5

Employer's Share of Pension Benefits**

Deferred Compensation**

Medical, Dental  
  & Vision**

Total Compensation

  Board of Directors***

Board Member
Steve LaMar

31,969

   

25,786

57,755

Board Member
Karen McLaughlin

15,509

572

   

16,081

Board Member
Doug Reinhart

35,625

   

25,786

61,411

Board Member
Peer Swan

33,993

4,005

 

25,786

63,784

Board Member
John Withers

30,257

3,201

 

25,786

59,244

  Staff

General Manager

473,539

35,225

18,843

26,032

553,639

Executive Director of Finance and Administration

293,345

18,555

2,382

27,070

341,352

Executive Director of Operations

296,492

18,555

17,017

28,269

360,333

Executive Director of Technical Services

328,315

30,130

12,501

22,878

393,824

Executive Director of Water Policy

317,351

30,133

22,670

34,461

404,615

Director of Accounting & Treasury

232,618

20,954

8,723

30,362

292,657

Director of Financial Planning and Data Analytics

240,276

21,667

8,995

22,019

292,957

Director of Human Resources

235,757

18,555

19,841

26,032

300,185

Director of Information Technology

260,135

18,555

9,870

26,628

315,188

Director of Maintenance Operations

230,549

18,555

9,072

30,362

288,538


Director of Safety & Security

224,844

18,555

9,044

34,400

286,843

Dir of Strategic Comm & Advocacy/Dep Gen Counsel

248,037

18,555

12,190

13,596

292,378

Director of Treasury

61,973

4,657

0

7,007

73,637

Director of Water Quality & Regulatory Compliance

252,362

18,555

10,201

20,346

301,464

Director of Water Resources

272,248

25,813

10,512

26,032

334,605

Director of Water & Recycling Operations

267,884

18,555

11,524

34,461

332,424

*    2024 data has been submitted to the State Controller's Office "Government Compensation in California" program but has not been published on the SCO website yet.
**  Employer paid benefits
*** Each year, the Board of Directors reviews and takes formal action to set Boardmember compensation in accordance with State of California law.